People’s Primary Healthcare Initiative in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sample Clauses

People’s Primary Healthcare Initiative in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. After success of the initial pilot project in Punjab, the initiative was expanded to the whole country and the project was officially launched in KP in November 2006. It was implemented through the Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP). SRSP is a provincial organization whose primary goal is to alleviate poverty through development services which include health, education and women empowerment across different rural areas of KPK. The organization was created by the provincial government and is managed by a Board of Directors and members include civil servants and private professionals from civil society. GoKP was the major source of financial resources with small proportion from donor agencies, usually for specific projects. Since SRSP oversees various type of other developmental projects, Programme Support Unit (PSU) and District Support Units (DSU) were created at provincial and district level to oversee and manage PPHI inputs and activities. Funding for the operations of these units was provided by the federal government. (Xxxxx et al., 2017). Control of over two-thirds of the districts (17 out of 25) and 576 BHUs (75% of total) in KP was handed over to the PPHI. The purpose of contracting the PHCFs to SRSP was to improve curative, preventive and promotive health services the PHCFs offer and to enhance utilization of these facilities by improving availability of HRH especially physicians, adequate supply of medicines and equipment and improving the facility infrastructure through rehabilitation. Xxxxxxxx et al. noted that the government faced difficulties to attract and retain the physicians, and other types of HRH, like lady health visitors, in these public health facilities (BHUs), was the main reasons for introduction of this type of model.